LM3S2739 Datasheet, PDF (196/532 Pages) List of Unclassifed Manufacturers – Microcontroller

General-Purpose Timers
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General-Purpose Timers
Programmable timers can be used to count or time external events that drive the Timer input pins.
The Stellaris^® General-Purpose Timer Module (GPTM) contains three GPTM blocks (Timer0, Timer1,
and Timer 2). Each GPTM block provides two 16-bit timer/counters (referred to as TimerA and
TimerB) that can be configured to operate independently as timers or event counters, or configured
to operate as one 32-bit timer or one 32-bit Real-Time Clock (RTC). Timers can also be used to
trigger analog-to-digital (ADC) conversions. The trigger signals from all of the general-purpose timers
are ORed together before reaching the ADC module, so only one timer should be used to trigger
ADC events.
Note: Timer2 is an internal timer and can only be used to generate internal interrupts or trigger
ADC events.
The General-Purpose Timer Module is one timing resource available on the Stellaris^® microcontrollers.
Other timer resources include the System Timer (SysTick) (see “System Timer (SysTick)” on page 40)
and the PWM timer in the PWM module (see “PWM Timer” on page 449).
The following modes are supported:
■ 32-bit Timer modes
– Programmable one-shot timer
– Programmable periodic timer
– Real-Time Clock using 32.768-KHz input clock
– Software-controlled event stalling (excluding RTC mode)
■ 16-bit Timer modes
– General-purpose timer function with an 8-bit prescaler (for one-shot and periodic modes only)
– Programmable one-shot timer
– Programmable periodic timer
– Software-controlled event stalling
■ 16-bit Input Capture modes
– Input edge count capture
– Input edge time capture
■ 16-bit PWM mode
– Simple PWM mode with software-programmable output inversion of the PWM signal
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